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READ THE RULES -- don't run the risk of being disqualified!
Pink
& chum salmon will not be accepted. Derby participants
are encouraged to return pink and chum salmon unharmed to the water
unless they are retained for personal consumption.
Derby entry fee and tickets. Contestants 13 years
and older must purchase a $35 entry ticket. Contestants 12 years
and younger must purchase a $10 entry ticket. These tickets are
good for all days of the Derby. No refund of entry fees will be
made. Contestants must validate their tickets on the first day of
their fishing and may stay out on the Derby grounds all three days.
You need to validate your ticket only once.
Derby officials. Derby officials are at the boat
docks, harbors and the official weigh-in fish packer in the Derby
fishing grounds. The official weigh-in packer will be clearly marked.
Contestants must take their fish to these officials for checking
and weighing to become eligible to enter the competition for one
of the top 100 prizes.
Eligibility. Any person who has a validated Derby
entry ticket is eligible to fish in the Derby. Children 15 years
and younger must be accompanied by an adult of at least 18 years
of age.
Entrants may not fish with non-entrants. Non-entrants,
regardless of age, may not fish in the same boat as entrants but
may go along for the enjoyment of the outing.Entrant must be
the angler.
The person turning in a fish for a prize, must be the same person
who actually caught that fish, or they will be disqualified. Also,
in the case of a protest, the angler may be requested to
take a polygraph test. Tackle. Only lawful
sport fishing tackle may be used.
Boat fishing only. Derby participation is restricted
to fishing from vessels. Fish taken by dock fishing or shore fishing
will not be accepted. All fish must be delivered in the round, uncleaned,
to an official weigh-in station by vessel only.
 Weighing
fish. Only the following stations will have the weighing
scales that must be used for official weighing of salmon.
•
Amalga Harbor
• Auke Bay
• Douglas Harbor
• Packer |
Click
here
for official locations of Derby weigh-in stations |
Shoreside weigh-in times. Friday and Saturday 7:30am-7:00pm.
Sunday 7:30am-6:00pm
Packer weigh-in time. Packer will arrive on station mid-morning
and leave station late afternoon.
Validation of tickets. Nine validating stations will be
open. NOT ALL VALIDATION STATIONS ARE WEIGH-IN
STATIONS. Tickets can be validated by the following schedule:
| Amalga
Harbor |
7:30am-7:00pm |
| Auke
Bay |
7:30am-7:00pm |
| Aurora
Basin* |
7:30am-8:30am |
| Douglas
Boat Harbor |
7:30am-7:00pm |
| Fisherman's
Bend |
7:30am-8:30am |
| Harris
Harbor* |
7:30am-8:30am |
| North
Douglas Boat Ramp |
7:30am-9:30am |
| Tee
Harbor* |
7:30am-1:30pm |
*Friday
and Saturday only |
Contestants may proceed directly to the fishing area after validating
their entry Derby tickets.
Firearms.
Use of firearms from any boat will disqualify all contestants on that
boat from the Derby.
Fish packer. Actual location and other pertinent
information will be announced on the radio.
All species of salmon, except pink and chum, will be accepted.
All fish must be uncleaned, presented in the round.
All Salmon accepted for scholarship prizes become property of the
Territorial Sportsmen, Inc. A contestant must show his or her
validated Derby ticket when presenting fish for weighing. ALL FISH
MUST BE PRESENTED UNCLEANED IN THE ROUND! Fish to be weighed should
be turned in as soon as possible, as significant weight loss begins
as soon as the fish leaves the water. All fish, including scholarship
fish, should be iced as soon as possible. Dark fish will not be accepted
and the decision of a Derby official is final. Fish may be
opened and checked in the presence of Derby officials.
Fish quality. Salmon that show evidence of contamination, sun
burn, bruising and/or flesh deterioration will not be accepted. Dark
fish will not be accepted and the decision of a Derby official is
final. Help us maintain fish quality. Fish must be uncleaned in the
round. Signal bomb. A closing signal will be sounded
near the three shore based official weigh-in stations(Douglas Harbor,
Amalga Harbor, Auke Bay Harbor) at 6:00pm on Sunday by which time
all boats wishing to enter fish at the weigh-in floats for one of
the top 100 prizes must be inside the finish line.
Boats, speed, and limits. Every vessel propelled
by machinery, regardless of horsepower, must have its name or number
clearly displayed. Speed of all vessels during the Derby, while within
the reduced speed areas (see map) is limited to five miles per hour
or less to avoid large wakes. Markers to indicate the reduced speed
zones near the three shore based weigh-in stations have been placed
at reasonable distances from the Derby official's station.
Derby
area limits.
UPDATED
2007
Waters open to Derby Participants are described as follows:
NORTH
BOUNDARY LINES – those waters North of a line extending from
Pt. Lizard Head
(58.10.9N, 134.52.7W) to the South shore of Rocky Island (58.10.6N,
135.03.15W),
and then to the South end of Entrance Island (58.11.7N, 135.05.08W).
Swanson Harbor is open for overnight anchorage, but is out of the
fishing grounds. AND, those waters South of a line extending from
Pt. Bridget (58.40.679N, 134.59.455W) on the mainland to Pt. Whidbey
(58.34.753N, 135.08.369W) on the Chilkat Peninsula. St. James Bay
is part of the Derby Grounds.
SOUTH BOUNDARY
LINES– those waters South of a line extending
from Cooper Point (58.14.215N, 134.6.371W) to the north shore of
Greely Point (58.12.864N, 134.5.188W) in Taku Inlet. AND, those
waters North of a line extending from Twin Point (57.54.652N, 133.59.644W)
on the Glass Peninsula, to Point Styleman (57.58.455N, 133.53.958W)
on the mainland. Port Snettisham is open for overnight anchorage,
but is out of the Derby Grounds.
All
other waters are closed to Derby fishing.
Click
here
for official map of Derby Area Limits.
Waters
closed to Derby fishing also include the five miles per hour
zone near the Derby officials stations (see map).
Once a contestant has validated, the contestant may not
take a boat out of the Derby area limits. The contestant
may return the boat to harbor or take a boat from the water to trailer
home. The contestant may return a boat to harbor even if the contestant
has a weigh-in fish but does not return to the harbor during official
weigh-in hours.
Any
boat and all contestants thereon found in violation of speeding, boating
outside the Derby area, or in any way posing a hazard to other contestants,
shall be disqualified from the Derby.
Prize
policy and taxes. The Territorial Sportsmen, Inc. is not responsible
for any prize donated by merchants who do not give as pledged. The
values shown on the prize list are set by the donors. The Territorial
Sportsmen, Inc. will not be responsible if any prizes prove to be
less valuable than shown in the donor's estimate. Taxes on all prizes
are the responsibility of the individual winner. In accordance with
IRS rules, winners of prizes valued at $600 or more must provide
their taxpayer identification number at Awards Night. Failure to
do so will result in withholding the prize.
Protests. Protests of any nature must be made in
person at the Official's floats. Then the contestant must present
his or her case personally to the Board of the Territorial Sportsmen,
Inc. at their Derby certification meeting at noon on Tuesday following
the Derby.
Certification. The certification meeting will be
at the Goldbelt Hotel at noon on the Tuesday following the Derby.
Decisions of the Board are final.
Special
note. Derby participants must comply with Alaska Department
of Fish & Game sport fishing regulations.
Contestants cited for violating these regulations while in the Derby
will be disqualified.
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